Probably not. Under Jewish law, a man who took a Nazirite vow would grow his hair long as a sign he was under a vow (Numbers 6:5). Consequently, it is most likely that every man not under a Nazirite vow would have short hair, otherwise the long hair of a Nazirite would not mean anything. [...][Continue Reading...]

The only relevant passage is 1 Cor 11:4-7 containing some comments from Paul: Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. For if a wife [...][Continue Reading...]

The only passage that discusses this is 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. The passage appears to state that head coverings for women were essential in first century churches whenever they “prayed and prophesied” (“prayed and prophesied” equates both activities as spoken, out loud). There is no verse which indicates that this rule applied to women who did not [...][Continue Reading...]

The only relevant verse here is in 1 Corinthians: Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him . . . (1 Corinthians 11:14) In first century Greece, long hair identified a man as a homosexual. For example, in Juvenal’s Satires (8.112-131) he refers to a “long-haired [...][Continue Reading...]